Spring 2026 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Host | Topic/Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 9 | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR |
| Jan. 16 | David Ladner & Sudeep Popat | Clemson University | EEES | How to Present Effectively |
| Jan. 23 | Scott Brame | Clemson University | EEES | Evolution of a Headward Eroding River at Jones Gap State Park, SC |
| Jan. 30 | Joe Koon, Scott Harder | SC DES | David Freedman | An Overview of the Revised Water Plan for the State of South Carolina |
| Feb. 6 | Ben Judkins* | Film Maker | David Freedman | Screening of Ben’s movie “The Cigarette Surfboard” |
| Feb. 13 | Ph.D. Seminar | Ph.D. Seminar | Faculty Panel | Can I Get a (Expert) Witness? |
| Feb. 20 | Ameet Pinto | Georgia Institute of Technology | Sudeep Popat | Advancing Autonomous Phytoplankton Monitoring: From Genotype to Phenotype |
| Feb. 27 | Tony Reid | Goodwyn Mills Cawood | Sudeep Popat | You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Navigating Equipment Procurement and Bidding |
| Mar. 6 | Jacqueline Gibson^ | North Carolina State University | SCEEES Distinguished Lecture | Unequal Access to Safe and Reliable Drinking Water in North Carolina: Infrastructure Gaps, Health Impacts, and Paths Forward |
| Mar. 13 | SCEEES LMN Career Panel^ | SCEEES LMN Career Panel | SCEEES LMN Career Panel | SCEEES LMN Career Panel |
| Mar. 20 | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | Spring Break |
| Mar. 27 | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | SCEEES Faculty Meeting |
| Apr. 3 | Kenneth Lane^ | Olin Corporation | Distinguished Lecture | Wilbur O. and Ann W. Powers Distinguished Lecture |
| Apr. 10 | Ph.D. Seminar | Judd Mahan | Ph.D. Seminar | Environmental Law and Policy; A Geologist’s Perspective |
| Apr. 17 | Paige Novak^ | University of Minnesota | SCEEES Distinguished Lecture | Encapsulated Microorganisms for Distributed Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment |
| Apr. 24 | Hassan Pressley | BMW | David Freedman | Plant Overview and Environmental Management |
All seminars will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Fridays in Brackett 220, unless otherwise noted
^ SCEEES Distinguished Lectures will be held in Watt Center, 11:15 A.M. Attendance is strongly encouraged, but not required
* Seminar will be held in the auditorium of the Strom Thurmond Institute
